The nature of circulation: The urban political ecology of Chicago's Michigan avenue bridge, 1909-1930

Urban Geography

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 348-368

  Cooke, Jason ^a   Lewis, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chicago; Circulation; Infrastructure; Michigan Avenue Bridge; Urban political ecology

Indexed keywords

INFRASTRUCTURE; METROPOLITAN AREA; URBAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN POLITICS;

CHICAGO; ILLINOIS; MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77649131508     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.31.3.348     Document Type: Article

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